On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Mathieu Bridon <boche...@fedoraproject.org>wrote:
> > Most people I know use a word processor (MS Word, LibreOffice Writer,...) > when they want to write text, even for quick things without formatting. > > I don't think a **simple** text editor à-la Notepad really is that useful > for anybody. It might even be confusing for many people. > > Try to explain the difference between a "word processor" and a "text > editor" for example. Usually, the next question is « But then what's the > point of something that lets you type simple text, but without any > formatting? » > I used to use word processing programs, but now I only use Google Docs (if that counts as a word processing program), a text editor (for writing code and taking notes in class), or a note-taking application. Word processing programs are (imo) generally unwieldy, inconvenient, and don't provide enough document portability. As a student I want to have access to my documents no matter what device I am using, so I tend to choose convenience over lots of formatting options. Anyway, that's just my use case. Meg Ford > > I personally have no idea of the answer, as like you said, there are (or > will be) dedicated apps for the interesting use cases (e.g note-taking). > > > -- > Mathieu > > ______________________________**_________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/**mailman/listinfo/desktop-**devel-list<https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list> >
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